13-07-2005 07:11									#61
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Is there another forum to which we could/should migrate en masse?

	13-07-2005 10:19									#62
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well evo-games (former CDG) and CFC both have civ2 coverage, and many of us post at either, both places. But I think we need to hear from Leo about what he actually thinks before deciding about leaving.

	13-07-2005 10:46									#63
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Maybe we should discuss further action somewhere other than Apolyton. Feel free to email me at *brison*@*shaw*.ca* (remove asterisks!).

	13-07-2005 13:41									#64
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quote: Maybe we should discuss further action somewhere other than Apolyton

true cause i ban anyone who thinks about leaving

	13-07-2005 14:50									#65
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG true cause i ban anyone who thinks about leaving

Glad to see a lighter tone on this thread than on the other (Community) one (where I had the feeling things were turning ugly...)

Now please make it so that I want to use the Party and Dance smilies in my next post on this thread next Monday...

	13-07-2005 18:52									#66
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Well howdy! We got a "GO" from ground control folks. This bird is lit. Threads are back.

	13-07-2005 19:00									#67
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Nice!

I have bumped some essentials - But My Bitterfrost thread is missing...

Oh well - Good show anyway!

	13-07-2005 19:06									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Cyrion Now please make it so that I want to use the Party and Dance smilies in my next post on this thread next Monday...

Even if it's not Monday yet!

Thank you Mark!!

	13-07-2005 19:47									#70
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Today is truly the day!! All our hats are off to Mark G "The Restorer" .

	13-07-2005 20:05									#71
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at last, We Are Whole,
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	13-07-2005 20:37									#72
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG quote: Maybe we should discuss further action somewhere other than Apolyton true cause i ban anyone who thinks about leaving

You can't fire me, I quit!

Thanks for the restoration, Markos. We appreciate it.

	13-07-2005 20:51									#73
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All will come to he who waits, patiently.

	13-07-2005 22:36									#74
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grah... I almost had a heart attack when I entered this forum and saw all those pesky topped threads... what first crossed my mind was "Gah, I thought we were going to keep as little of them as possible"... Then I read the titles. Then I rejoyced.


Thanks Markos

	13-07-2005 23:03									#75
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Thanks MarkG!

	14-07-2005 05:21									#76
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quote: Originally posted by curtsibling Nice! I have bumped some essentials - But My Bitterfrost thread is missing... Oh well - Good show anyway!

it's in the archive, it's been there all along

	14-07-2005 11:46									#77
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I also wish to express - though a bit late - my sincerest thanks to the Great Lord MarkG who hinceforth shall be called "The Restaurator"

Great job

	14-07-2005 13:04									#78
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Let's also give ourselves some credit. We stood up for ourselves, and won.

	14-07-2005 13:13									#79
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Hehe, I won´t lose the impression that you´ve become quite a revolutionary, Brian

Just joking, yeah, you are right about that. It is good to see this League of Creators, Modders & Artists of Civ2 continue to carry the Legacy of Civilization 2 into its 11th year

	14-07-2005 20:17									#80
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Huzzah!!

Well done (at last!) to MarkG.

Out of interest, do we get our old titles back again?

	14-07-2005 23:09									#81
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Doesn't look like it so far... The posts have been restored, but that didn't increase our post count again. So I think if we want our titles back, the post count will have to be increased manually... And that'll be a bit tricky because you can't quite prove how many posts you had. So that'll depend on how fanatic you are to get them back and how willing MarkG is to just hand out some post count increases.

	15-07-2005 02:00									#82
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I can reliably vouch for every SLer's Deity status! Sadly the old caches have been updated with the latest user information. I used to be able to see King Fairline there, but the man who would be king is but a prince now.

	19-07-2005 16:52									#83
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quote: I can reliably vouch for every SLer's Deity status!

I can't do as well as Boco, but I would suggest that those who joined not much earlier than the end of 2003 might find it interesting to open one of their posts and click on "SEARCH" in the top line.

As for the rest of us, perhaps Mercator can explain what happens to older posts/threads when they are removed from forums.

quote: A lament posted by (Heart) Broken Erika My posts, my poor poor beloved post count *commits suicide*

Start celebrating. There has been a miracle. Your post count appears to have suvived its *suicide* attempt.

	20-07-2005 01:05									#84
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quote: Originally posted by AGRICOLA As for the rest of us, perhaps Mercator can explain what happens to older posts/threads when they are removed from forums.

I don't think I know much more than you do. The things I do know are because I know a bit about computers, not because I have any inside information on how it's actually done. So I could be wrong... I'm guessing the post count is a number kept somewhere separately. Whenever you make a post it is increased, whenever one of your posts gets deleted it is decreased.

When the SL forum got deleted, it reduced everyone's post count by as many posts as were lost.

Since the SL forum data was restored from a backup, it didn't automatically increase our post counts again.

The only way it could be restored again is if MarkG manually increases it again. But that would take quite a bit of effort and there will be very few people who can really prove what their post count was. Maybe he is willing to increase it again for some to, say, get back the title they had earlier. I just don't know. I'm not an admin. Ask Markos and Dan.

If he's really thrifty, I think he could write a script that checks through the SL forum and notes exactly how many posts were made by each of us in the period that was lost and then automatically adds exactly the right amount of posts to our post counts... But I have no idea how much work that would take. Seeing as how it took several months to restore the forums, I can't really see this happening any time soon.

	20-07-2005 07:02									#85
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Thanks for your reply. I have posted a question on the relevant Community thread.

What I tried to ask you is that the earliest post listed when I click on the "SEARCH" field at the top of any of my posts is 06-01-04 (the one earlier Democracy Game post is not relevant). I assume that any posts prior to that date or, more probably, prior to 01-01-04, have been removed from the active forum. I suppose that this is done annually to keep the forum to a manageable size.

I was interested in what is done with the removed posts. Are they archived? Do the archives have a backup? Details have been a bit sketchy on this.

	20-07-2005 21:57									#86
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Ah... I notice I was wrong with my above explanation as well, considering what you quoted in the A/C thread and Dan's reply.

I don't know how regularly posts are archived, but they'ee still accessible. Look at the bottom of the forum listing to get to the forum archives. The SLeague forum archive is here:
http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdis...?s=&forumid=233

I'm sure the archives have a backup as well.